A systematic review of whether different interventions
helped to overcome
self-stigma in people in African and Asian countries who are living with or at risk of HIV
- Published
- 24 May 2019
- By
- Gus Cairns
Online searches may reveal information about how we think about health and disease. Cornell computer science researcher Rediet Abebe and her team set out to discover what we can learn about public health on the African continent from people’s online searches and whether we can use this information to understand what people really want to know about disease and are afraid to ask.
- Published
- 25 April 2019
- From
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Forbes
Based out of the Humsafar Trust’s office jn Mumbai, the centre will give free counselling and provide Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) to the LGBTQ community. TAshok Row Kavi, founder chairperson of the Trust, said: “Until now we would get testing done for the community members at our centre. If tested positive for the disease, they would be asked to go to Sion Hospital, but there was a huge dropout (rate) there. Because of how the community is perceived outside, a lot of these people wouldn’t seek treatment."
- Published
- 12 March 2019
- From
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Hindustan Times
Switchboard, the LGBT helpline, took its first call from a tiny office in the basement of a bookshop in King's Cross on 4 March 1974. To mark the 45th anniversary, people have been sharing memories of a charity that's helped millions across the world.
- Published
- 05 March 2019
- From
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BBC
"What it's like coming out as a black man when people see it as a 'white thing'" - Phil Samba talks to BBC Radio 5 live about coming out as black and gay in the UK
- Published
- 05 November 2018
- From
- BBC
Older people living with HIV describe a range of strategies
to maintain or improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing, according
to an English study published in
- Published
- 07 September 2018
- By
- Roger Pebody
Social support from peers living with HIV is of a different
nature to the support received from people who do not have that direct, lived
experience of
- Published
- 07 September 2018
- By
- Roger Pebody
An evaluation of the summer camp organised by the Children’s
HIV Association (CHIVA) for 12-16 year olds living with HIV in the UK showed
modest but statistically
- Published
- 06 September 2018
- By
- Roger Pebody
On a warm weekend in July, 19 gay men living with HIV gathered in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for a a three-day body-mind-spirit retreat. I was one of them.
- Published
- 28 August 2018
- From
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The Body
We invite people living with HIV in 29 cities to complete a 10-minute online survey that will can assist us in better understanding the quality of life issues that impact urban AIDS responses. Your name will remain anonymous, but through your input you will have a positive effect on the quality of life of the global community of people living with HIV. The 29 cities include Amsterdam, Athens, Atlanta, Bamako, Bangkok, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Dar es Salaam, Denver, Durban, Geneva, Kingston, Lisbon, Libreville, Madrid, Melbourne, Miami, Montréal, Nairobi, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia, San Francisco, and Santiago. UK Fast Track cities (Brighton and London) can fill it in by checking "other".
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- 09 August 2018
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IAPAC
Antiretroviral drug chartA one-page reference guide to the anti-HIV drugs licensed for use in the UK or European Union, with information on formulation, dosing, key side effects and food requirements.
Your next stepsA booklet with information for people who’ve just found
out they have HIV.
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